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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70693	A narrative of the adventures of Lewis Marott pilot-royal of the galleys of France. Giving an account of his slavery under the Turks, his escapes out of it, and other strange occurrences that ensued thereafter. Translated from the French copy.; Relation de quelques aventures maritimes de L.M.P.R.D.G.D.F. English.	Marot, Louis.	1677 (1677)	Wing N174; ESTC R19964	20,761	90

rose up to go to this place crying out as loud as I could Ala banda this is the word with which they are to give notice of it upon pain of being bastinado'd Being therefore seated thereon I gently lift up my Night-Coat by little and little somewhat higher than my head and so staying it upon two small sticks which I fixed upon two planks I found that it could stand so without my aid and that by the favour of the night it might easily deceive the eyes even of the Sentinels themselves this conceit being fitted in such a sort that it seemed to be my self all the while and did likewise hinder them from seeing what I did underneath First I got my Legs through afterwards all the rest of my body without any great difficulty and afterwards swimming with as little noise as I could and as softly we being between two waters I happily at last got to land without being perceived in the least leaving behind me my Night-Coat which without doubt was severely threatned with Bastinadoes for being too long upon the Stool So soon as I came to land I betook my self as soon as possibly I could to the Wood to hide my self therein and to wait for the day which appeared a little while after for it was about that time of the year when the nights are the shortest Afterwards taking my progress continually from the place where I left the Galleys in a few hours I perceived my self on t'other side of the Isle and I was so lucky as to meet with a Vessel of Maltha that had arrived there to take in water the Captain of which took me aboard with a testification of much joy and gave me both Clothes and other things whereof I had great need for when I took my flight I had nothing on me but my Galley-drawers and a little Doublet of Canvas without sleeves That I may not be too tedious in my Relation We happily arrived at Maltha from whence a little while after I parted in a Vessel that was bound for Provence which after ten or twelve days sail arrived most happily at Cioutat my dear Countrey I leave you to judg of the joy that I had therefore after so long and so cruel a slavery My Mother who by chance was standing on the shore-side when I landed was ready to dye for joy so soon as I had made my self known to her forasmuch as she saw me return back again alive and in good health after that she had so many times bewailed me as one that was dead I admired the change that Fortune and Death had caused in that Town in a few years space some that I had left poor were become rich and many that were rich were become poor The greater part of those which I knew were dead and their place was filled up with others that I knew not at all and whom I had left in their infancy or such as were not at that time born In a word All things in my Countrey appeared in another manner than was the Idea which I preserved in my mind of it You may imagine perhaps Gentlemen that my Adventures are come to an end in regard that I am returned to my Fathers House and that there is little likelihood that after I had escaped so great perils I should engage my self another time in an occasion of falling into the like again But I told you that my Trade was to go to Sea and those that are accustomed to this sort of life are quickly a weary of the Land and know not how to employ themselves therein The Dangers the Traverses the Slaveries Death it self which present themselves so often to them are so far from discouraging them that on the contrary they seem to add I know not what kind of Charms that attract them the more 'T is a kind of life full of various delights and continual changes to day you see one Nation to morrow another quite contrary in manners habits customs and religion other Climates different fruits and wines and in a word all is as it were new and that is it which renders this Maritine life very divertizing for as you know man naturally loves alteration How abundant and prosperous soever the fortune is which he at present possesseth if his life be not diversified even his own happiness disgusts him Thus therefore I had not been long at Cioutat taking my ease but this repose cloi'd me and I wished for some occasion to present it self that I might return again to Sea in regard that besides all this I thought my self fit for nothing upon land At last I lighted upon a Vessel which was bound for Alexandrette they took me in Pilot to conduct it the Voyage was prosperous and returning to my Country again and finding a Holland Vessel ready to set Sale for Alexandria I embarqued my self therein also as Pilot and we performed our Voyage hither in three Weeks time Some days after our Arrival there there came an order to the Bashaw of Egypt from the Grand Signior to lay an Imbargo on all the Christian Vessels that were found at that time in the Port of Alexandria that so they might make use of them to carry Men and Ammunition for one Voyage only Thus instead of lading our Ship with Merchandize to return back again as we hoped to do our Ship was filled with Soldiers to be carried to Rhodes The Wind was favourable enough to us we arrived there in few days Having weighed Anchor I understood that Murdhat my Patron out of whose hands I had escaped was at that time Bashaw of that Isle and that he had his residence therein I confess that this news surprised me and astonished me much and I was yet the more troubled when I was told that he already knew I don't know by what means that I was in the Port. After that I had a little considered what I should do in this encounter knowing that I could not escape out of his hands if he had a design of doing me any harm I thought it better for me to prevent him and to cast my self into the hands of his mercy rather than to stay till he sent for me and that I might the better dispose him to my pardon I entreated a certain Turk of Quality with whom I entred into acquaintance in our passage to go to him a little before me and to speak to him in my behalf Whilst this Turk went to do me this good office I borrowed of the Captain and the Principal men of the Ship all that was worthy making a present of engaging my self to give them what money they desired for it I had also for my own particular some thing of curiosity to wit fine Linnen-Cloth Glasses a Watch and some other knacks I made them up all very neatly in a basket which I carried upon my head and in this equipage I went my way wirh a resolution to accost the Bashaw When I came near him

of the Countrey and that in so small a quantity that it could not serve at the furthest for above three days for so many as we were The next day the Tempest being much encreased and there not being any likelihood that it would quickly cease we were in an inexplicable trouble about what course we should take The Barque was made ready as much as the weather the place and the want of Utensils and other necessary things would permit But to set forth to Sea at such a time as it was this was to precipitate our selves to a certain death and then on the other hand to wait till the wind changed it was no less perillous For it was thought and truly we were not deceived therein that in all probability our Patrons seeing the danger we were in would be easily perswaded that we should either return back or be cast upon some coasts of Egypt and that so they would not fail to send in the quest of us To return to Alexandria had been to seek out our execution and if we should leave the Sea and take our journey southward we should cast our selves into the hands of certain Alarbes Hereticks of the Mahometan Religion that hold it as an article of their faith That he amongst them that kills a Christian infallibly gains Paradice What must we do then After much consideration it was at last resolved that it being the surest way to leave Alexandria as much as we could we should set forward towards Tripolis of Barbary along that Coast and that we should leave the common Road a little on one side and that we should take our marches only by night Thus it was determined and thus executed We left therefore our Bark behind us and took our journey vvith that small provision vvhich vve had Some proposed it as expedient to go and get more first but for fear of being discovered if vve should stay longer in that Countrey and under a hope of finding more of those fruits in our journey vve neglected this advice vvhich nevertheless vve repented of a hundred times afterward For at the end of three or four days we saw together with the end of our provision our misery commence a-new more cruel than ever before The more we set forwards the more vve found the Countrey desert dry and destitute of all Commodities no Water no Fruits no Inhabitants but Lyons Tygers and other the like furious creatures In a word vve vvere reduced to that extremity that vve must eat nothing but grass during some days and thus being vveakned by this ill nourishment as also the vvant of vvater and the tiresomness of our journey still as vve vvent along there continually dyed some one or other of our company of them vvhich vvere of the vveakest constitution insomuch that the eighth or ninth day after our shipvvrack there vvas remaining not above eight and tvventy of the fourscore and thirteen that vve vvere at first The hunger and cruelty of some Russians that vvere in our company vvas so great that having perceived a little Negro that ran avvay from them and clambered up a high rock to save himself vvhen they had at last caught hold of him they cut him into morsels and roasted him by little and little in the Sun and aftervvards eat him Thus still advancing tovvards Tripoli vve began to find the soil more fresh and grassy vvhich made us think that there vvas Water not far off To conclude making tovvards tvvo great Palm-trees which were on the left hand five or six hundred paces from the Sea we found there-under a very fair spring of fresh water and very clear thus with a joy that can't be explained we quenched our thirst and rested our selves above three hours At the very moment that we were ready to part thence and to pursue our journey we perceived from the side of Alexandria a body of Horse which made towards us we easily imagining what it might be thought our selves utterly undone if we were discovered and forasmuch as the coast thereabouts where we lay was destitute of any thing that might favour our flight without being perceived we concluded that we must continue lying close in the same posture as we were and that it may be those people might pass by without seeing of us in effect we saw them make their way upon the shore side without turning in the least to that side on which we were They were already over-against us or rather somewhat beyond us We said one to another Now we are safe But at this very moment we saw two Horse-men separate themselves from the rest of the Troop and come a hand-gallop towards us Now therefore judging either our flight or defence to no purpose we put our selves in a posture neither of the one nor of the other Thus these Soldiers having perceived us and knowing us to be those that they looked for make a sign to the rest of the Troop to come on and immediately one of the two whom I knew to be a Runagate of Ci-four in Provence said to us Ah poor wretches your fortune had been much less cruel if you had sunk to the bottom of the Sea in the midst of the Tempest than to fall again into our hands Scarce had he made an end of this fair complement when the whole Body invironed us calling us a thousand Rogues and Rascals and testifying a very great joy for having found us again Those that were the most devout of the number went aside and performed their Sala which is their ordinary prayer to thank Mahomet for this happy success of their search These Barbarians which were about 150 and the same number were gone as we understood on the other side Alexandria towards Rosette bound us immediately that is to say our hands behind our backs And after they had dined and rested themselves about an hour and had given us some Beans which we eat upon the ground like horses being not able to make use of our hands They loaded us four and four in a company upon Camels two on each side as Faggots In this deadly posture some hours past in journeying along but at last these cruel guides perceiving that many amongst us were not able to continue long in this posture without being killed set us upon the ground commanding us to follow them a foot although we were indeed very weak and tired The fear of being put upon the Camels again made us force our selves as much as we could insomuch that at the beginning we travelled pretty well But because their Horses and Camels went a good pace we could not resist a weariness which quite overwhelmed us so that we were fain to declare to the Turks That it was impossible for us to follow them And they imagining that blows would do that upon us which spurs did to their Horses they gave us good store of Bastinadoes for to make us march on the faster Our weakness having render'd this violent remedy unuseful